Re: [dhcwg] Enabling ipv6 forwarding with dhcpv6

Hi Jim,

I think since the use of the RA daemon on ipv6 routers is "almost" a must and it comes together
with enabling the ipv6 forwarding the problem is somehow solved.  
I might be wrong....

Cristian

On Tuesday 25 May 2004 18:11, Bound, Jim wrote:
> Hi Christian,
> 
> IPv6 is very clear about Host vs Router.  An interface cannot be both.
> So a router interface would not be using a DHCPv6 client is my guess. I
> think giving hints to the Host interface of a client that has a router
> interface state too is not a good idea.  A UNIX router interface will
> get all it needs from being a router.  We had to do this to support
> MIPv6 HA on UNIX where I work and the trick is to get all the OSPF,
> IS-IS, RIPng, BGP et al updates via routing daemon for that interface.
> 
> Does this answer help?
> 
> Good question.
> 
> /jim 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dhcwg-admin@ietf.org [mailto:dhcwg-admin@ietf.org] On 
> > Behalf Of Cristian Cadar
> > Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 5:30 AM
> > To: dhcwg@ietf.org
> > Subject: [dhcwg] Enabling ipv6 forwarding with dhcpv6
> > 
> > Hi ,
> > 
> > Since there might be clients configured by dhcpv6 with 
> > routing capabilities in the network I'm missing the feature 
> > of enabling the ipv6 forwarding in dhcpv6. As far as I know 
> > the RA does not provide this feature. On a dual-stack UNIX 
> > machine there are two different flags to be set for enabling 
> > ip forwarding, one for ipv4 and the other for ipv6.
> > Is there any way for doing it with dhcp or RA ? I could not find any.
> > 
> > TNX
> > Cristian
> > 
> > 
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